RIVERSIDE TRIO

SOMETHING LIKE THE PARK Outside Music 9/10

Following his new music and collaborations on Snapdragon, Oz Noy interprets jazz standards with his Riverside Trio album, Something Like The Park. As he discussed earlier this issue (see p30), this was a lockdown band that played in Central Park with minimal fuss but with extensive fun. Among the pieces are All The Things You Are, Anthropology and Have You Met Miss Jones; all played with verve and sparkle. Billie’s Bounce is a uniquely laid-back vibe with Oz playing gorgeous chords and sweet melodic passages. Donna Lee is full-on as the melody twists and turns and the band interplay is sharply rhythmic. At an even faster tempo is the

closing Sunny where Oz pulls the stops out as he punches with blazing 16th-note picking. Smoking and sultry! (JS)